momentous
adjective
of great or far-reaching importance or consequence.
momentousness
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a word derived from
momentous.
Example Sentences
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No late craziness or shocking weirdness or shining momentousness here.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2023
The program’s first block, the Second and First concertos, might have involved shaking out some jitters over the momentousness of the occasion.
From New York Times ● Jan. 29, 2023
Though I didn’t realize the momentousness of it at first, we were one of the earliest American families to move to China in the months after it and the United States normalized relations.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 21, 2022
Camera misfires and awkward in-between frames felt too sacred to delete given the momentousness of what happened, but I’m not sure what else to do with them.
From Slate ● Aug. 12, 2021
As so often happens in life, the momentousness of an occasion is lost in the welter of a thousand details.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
